Preliminary results from directly measuring middepth circulation in the tropical and South Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C11, 1998, Pages 24619-24639

  Davis, Russ E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP WATER; DRIFTER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

(SOUTH); (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032532904     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC01913     Document Type: Article

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